Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIV, Issue 1
Written by Florentina DOBRINESCU, Viorel Cătălin OLTENACU, Ligia ION
The Plum pox virus (PPV), , is the one that greatly affects stone fruit crops, considered one of the most destructive viruses worldwide, as a quarantine pathogen. Over time, numerous researches have been carried out because the virus affects particularly the productivity and quality of the fruits, but, unfortunately, no treatment has been discovered, and
as a last measure taken for a short time, at the present moment, being to eradicate the infected trees and plant new virus-free trees. The highlighting and selection of valuable genes, of economic importance in cherry, through modern techniques, and their transmission to new cherry cultivars, the production of agro-productive and superior quality planting material and the launch on the market of the most valuable cultivars, is a major objective of all programs of cherry breeding both worldwide and in Romania. In this work, the plant material was made up of different F1 hybrid combinations from the specie Cerasus avium. The hybrids studied were obtained in Mihai Bravu locality, Giurgiu County.
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